Improved stove-cover lifter



A. SHEPARD.

Lid'Lifter.

No. 63,110. Patented March I9, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, AMOS SHEPARD, of Plan-tsville, county of Hartford,and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Form or Shapefor the Sockets or Ferrules of Cast-Metal Stove-Cover Lifters, in whichwood handles are to be attached; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the acompanying drawings, forming part of-the specifications, inwhich'.

Figure 1 is a top view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side View of the same.

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the same.

Figure 4 is a side view of a section of the same.

Figure 5 is a top view of the cast-metal stove-cov'erlifter in which thewood handle is to be attached Figure 6 is a side view of. a section ofthe same.

Figure 7 is a side view of a section of the cast-metal stove-coverlifter, and of the mouldin which it is east.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention consists in constructing a perforated hollow socket orferrule in such a manner that all of the metal on the top of the socketor ferrule shall be opposite openings or apertures in the bottom of thesocket or ferrule and all of the metal on the bottom, opposite openingsor apertures in the top. The sides are both alike, and form theconnection of the socket or ferrule. A; wooden handle inserted in thesocket or ferrule is held in its place by a spike or pin, driven intothe wood through a groove or slot in the socket or ferrule, which grooveor slot is in'the side of the metal opposite the side towards which thehandle is driven.

A designates the wood handle; B designates the cast-metal stove-coverlifter; C designates the opening or aperture in the top of the socket orferrule; D D designate the openings or apertures in the bottom of thesocket or ferrule; E E designates the metal on the top of the socket orferrule; F designates the metal on the bottom of the socket or ferrule;G designates the spike or pin; H designates the groove or slot toreceive the spike or pin G; I designates the top or cope part of themould in which the stove-cover lifter is cast; J designates the bottomor nowel part of the mould in which the stove-cover lifter is cast. I

To mould one of these stove-cover lifters, the pattern should be placedwith the bottom side uppermost on a mould or follow-b0ard.- T-hemould-board should be of the same shape as the top or cope part, fig. 7,letter I, thus fitting the upper half of the pattern in order to securethe Saudi! parting at the desired points. The sand is then put on andpacked, a bottom-board placed upon it, and the whole turned over. Thisforms the bottom or nowel part of the mould. The mould-board is nextremoved, which leaves the upper half of the pattern in position to formthcupper or cope part, which is next done. The sand as it is packedextends through the opening or aperture C to the metal F on the bottomof the socket or ferrule, while the sand forming the bottom or nowelpart, letter J, extends through the openings or apertures D D to themetal E E on the top of the socket or ferrule. After the sand formingthe top or cope part has been packed it is lifted or taken oif from thebottom or nowel part, the pattern is withdrawn, the top or cope partreplaced, and the mould is readyfor the reception of the molten metal. v

In the ordinary method of mouldingor casting the sockets of stove-coverlifters the pattern is made longer than the article to be moulded orcast in order to make a print in the sand in which to place a core. Acore, having one part of the size and shape to fit the print, and theother part of the size and shape required for the inside of the socketor ferrule, isplaced in the print, with the part intended to form theinside of the socket or ferrule projecting into the cavity in the mould,from which the pattern has been previously withdrawn. After the articlehas .been cast the core is broken in pieces and removed. By-my inventionthe expense of making, setting, and removing the core is entirelyavoided. The mould does not have to be made larger than the article castin order to make a print for a core to be set in, and is consequentlymuch easier for the moulderto handle. A wooden handle, fig. 4, letter A,is inserted in the socket or ferrulefand the spike or pin G driven intoit through the groove or slot H, figs. 5 and 6, which groove or slot isplaced in the side of the metal opposite the side towards-which thehandle is inserted. This secures the handle from being pulled out of orturning in the socket or ferrule. By myinvention Iproduce an article forcast-metal stove-cover lifters that is light and ornamental," dispensingwith the use or employment of a core in casting or moulding it, thusmaking a saving of nearly one-half in the expense of moiilding.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i.s- 1. Acast-metal stove-cover lifter with the perforated hollow and notchedsocket or ferrule, substahtially as described. I

2. Iciairn casting the herein-described perforated hollow socket orferrule, inihe manner and by means substantially ass-described, for thereception of wood handles.

- AMOS SHEPARD.

Witnesses:

-F. B. BRADLEY,

H. R. BRADLEY.

